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White Poppy

Margaret Gaan

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Description:In the middle of the nineteenth century, the 2nd Opium War brought legalization of opium in China, securing for the English a vast market for the drug produced from the white poppies of India. Chinese farmers, too, began growing poppies, and soon opium was as common as cabbages in China. But repentant Chinese millionaire Yin-kwa (who, with the Englishman Charlie Tyson - the Red Barbarian - helped in the early days to spread opium smuggling) sees a vision, a "plan of many lifetimes", which he believes will eventually sweep opium away on a great wave of national indignation in China and in England, He involves Charlies son, Jin-see, and Donald, heir to the biggest of the English opium trading house, who loathes opium. they, and later Jin-see's son Great Dragon, struggle to implement the plan in the flood of dramatic events on which China's last dynasty is proceeding to its dissolution. Margaret Gaan was born in Shanghai, China, into a family that was part Chinese and part European. From her profound knowledge of the history and civilization of China, Ms. Gaan creates a rich and powerful panorama of family fortunes against momentous events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with White Poppy. To get started finding White Poppy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the middle of the nineteenth century, the 2nd Opium War brought legalization of opium in China, securing for the English a vast market for the drug produced from the white poppies of India. Chinese farmers, too, began growing poppies, and soon opium was as common as cabbages in China. But repentant Chinese millionaire Yin-kwa (who, with the Englishman Charlie Tyson - the Red Barbarian - helped in the early days to spread opium smuggling) sees a vision, a "plan of many lifetimes", which he believes will eventually sweep opium away on a great wave of national indignation in China and in England, He involves Charlies son, Jin-see, and Donald, heir to the biggest of the English opium trading house, who loathes opium. they, and later Jin-see's son Great Dragon, struggle to implement the plan in the flood of dramatic events on which China's last dynasty is proceeding to its dissolution. Margaret Gaan was born in Shanghai, China, into a family that was part Chinese and part European. From her profound knowledge of the history and civilization of China, Ms. Gaan creates a rich and powerful panorama of family fortunes against momentous events.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with White Poppy. To get started finding White Poppy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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